vṛthā वृथा vṛ́thā ind. (prob. connected with √ 2. vṛ) at will, at pleasure, at random, easily, lightly, wantonly, frivolously, [RV.]; [Br.]; [Gobh.]; [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.] in vain, vainly, uselessly, fruitlessly, idly, [TBr.] &c. &c. (with √ kṛ, ‘to make useless’, disappoint, frustrate; with √ bhū, ‘to be useless’, be disappointed or frustrated) wrongly, falsely, incorrectly, unduly, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. vṛ́thā &c. See p. 1007, col. 3. vṛthāgni वृथाग्नि vṛthā°gni (°thāgni), m. common fire, any fire, [AV.]; [Prāyaśc.] vṛthānna वृथान्न vṛthā°nna (°thānna), n. food for one's own use only, [Kauś.]; [Gaut.] vṛthātva वृथात्व vṛthā—tva n. fruitlessness, futility, [Sāh.] vṛthāvāc वृथावाच् vṛthā—vāc f. frivolous or untrue speech, [AitĀr.]; [Gobh.] vṛthāṭyā वृथाट्या vṛthā°ṭyā (°thāṭyā), f. strolling about in an idle manner, travelling for pleasure (regarded as a vice in a king), [Mn. vii, 47.] vṛthāṣah वृथाषह् vṛthā—ṣáh (strong ṣā́h), mfn. one who easily overcomes or conquers, [RV.] vṛthābhoga वृथाभोग vṛthā—bhoga mfn. enjoying in vain or to no purpose, [ib.] vṛthācheda वृथाछेद vṛthā—cheda m. useless or frivolous cutting, [Yājñ.] vṛthāghāta वृथाघात vṛthā°ghāta (°thāgh°), m. striking uselessly, killing unnecessarily, [W.] vṛthācāra वृथाचार vṛthā°cāra (°thāc°), m. frivolous or lawless in conduct, [MBh.] vṛthādāna वृथादान vṛthā—dāna n. a useless or improper gift (as a gift promised to courtesans, wrestlers &c.; accord. to some there are 16 kinds of these gifts), [Mn. viii, 139.] vṛthājāta वृथाजात vṛthā—jāta mfn. born in vain (i.e. ‘one who neglects the prescribed rites’), [Mn. v, 89.] vṛthākāra वृथाकार vṛthā°kāra (°thāk°), m. a false form, empty show, [Pañcat. i, 62] (others ‘one whose form is vain or illusory’). vṛthākathā वृथाकथा vṛthā—kathā f. idle talk, nonsense, [W.] vṛthāmati वृथामति vṛthā—mati mfn. foolish-minded, wrong-minded, [MBh.] vṛthāsuta वृथासुत vṛthā—suta mfn. pressed out in vain, [Nir. xi, 4.] vṛthāśrama वृथाश्रम vṛthā—śrama m. vain exertion, useless labour, [Pañcat.] vṛthālambha वृथालम्भ vṛthā°lambha (°thāl°), m. cutting or plucking unnecessarily, [Mn. xi, 144.] vṛthāliṅga वृथालिङ्ग vṛthā—liṅga mf(A)n. having no true cause, unsubstantiated, [MBh.] vṛthāmāṃsa वृथामांस vṛthā—māṃsa n. ‘flesh taken at random’ or ‘useless flesh’ (i.e. flesh not destined for the gods or Pitṛs but for one's own use only; the eater of such flesh is said to be born as a demon), [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [Gaut.] &c. vṛthā—māṃsa m. one who eats ‘useless’ flesh, [MW.] vṛthāpakva वृथापक्व vṛthā—pakva mfn. cooked at random (i.e. only for one's own use), [Gobh.] vṛthāprajā वृथाप्रजा vṛthā—prajā f. a woman who has borne children in vain, [MārkP.] vṛthārtavā वृथार्तवा vṛthā°rtavā (°thārt°), f. ‘one whose menstrual discharge is fruitless’, a barren woman, [Gal.] vṛthāvādin वृथावादिन् vṛthā—vādin mfn. speaking falsely or untruly, [Pañcad.] vṛthāvṛddha वृथावृद्ध vṛthā—vṛddha mfn. grown old in vain (i.e. without growing wise), [Bālar.] (cf. -palita). vṛthāvrata वृथाव्रत vṛthā—vrata n. a false religious observance, [MBh.] vṛthā—vrata mfn. one who performs false religious observance, [Hariv.] vṛthājanman वृथाजन्मन् vṛthā—janman n. useless or unprofitable birth, [MW.] vṛthākarman वृथाकर्मन् vṛthā—karman n. an action done uselessly or for pleasure, non-religious act, [Āpast.] vṛthāliṅgin वृथालिङ्गिन् vṛthā—liṅgin mfn. one who wears a sectarian mark without any right to it, [Viṣṇ.] vṛthāpalita वृथापलित vṛthā—palita mfn. grown gray in vain, [Śiś.] (cf. -vṛddha). vṛthāpaśughna वृथापशुघ्न vṛthā—paśu-ghna mfn. one who kills cattle wrongly or unnecessarily (i.e. not for sacrifice), [Mn. v, 38.] vṛthātmāyāsa वृथात्मायास vṛthā°tmāyāsa (°thātm°), m. useless self-mortification, [Nāg.] vṛthāpratijña वृथाप्रतिज्ञ vṛthā—pratijña mfn. one who makes a promise rashly, [MW.] vṛthāsaṃkarajāta वृथासंकरजात vṛthā—saṃkara-jāta mfn. born in vain through the mixture of different castes (and hence neglectful in the performance of duties), [MW.] vṛthākulasamācāra वृथाकुलसमाचार vṛthā—kula-samācāra mfn. one whose family and practices (or ‘family-practice’) are idle or low, [MBh.] vṛthākṛsarasaṃyāva वृथाकृसरसंयाव vṛthā—kṛsara-saṃyāva m. a kind of food, (consisting of wheat-flour, rice and sesamum and prepared for no religious purpose), [Mn. v, 7.]